CAPS Approaches to Teaching Literature

The main reason for reading literature in the classroom is to develop in learners a sensitivity to a special use of language that is more refined, literary, figurative, symbolic, and deeply meaningful than much of what else they may read. While most literary texts are forms of entertainment, amusement, or revelation, serious writers create novels,...

CAPS Language Teaching Approaches

The approaches to teaching language in these [CAPS] documents are text-based, communicative, integrated and process orientated. The text-based approach and the communicative approach are both dependent on the continuous use and production of texts. A text-based approach teaches learners to become competent, confident and critical readers, writers, viewers, and designers of texts. It involves listening...

Comparing English FAL and HL CAPS Documents (FET Phase)

Please note: The majority of the text here is directly extracted from the CAPS, English First Additional Language, FET Phase Grades 10-12 document. So are all the images included. SECTION 2: INTRODUCING THE LANGUAGES 2.3 Overview of the language curriculum (pg 10 in both) In this section, the First Additional Language (FAL) document elaborates more...

Main Points from English FAL, FET Phase CAPS Document

Please note: The majority of the text here is directly extracted from the CAPS, English First Additional Language, FET Phase Grades 10-12 document. So are all the images included. SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT POLICY STATEMENT (PG 3) 1.4 Time allocation (pg 6) SECTION 2: INTRODUCING THE LANGUAGES (PG 8) 2.1 Language...